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I've had this capacitor sitting on my bench since Christmas. Yesterday I FINALLY switched out the Solen for the Clarity.
Now Solen is a fine capacitor. I have NO complaints and have always been happy using them. A good solid capacitor at a fair price.
The Clarity caps I bought were from Madisound at only $16 - also a great deal!
After a few hours of warm up, here's the poop.
The treble now has a more open and "twinkly" characteristic. Not louder which often gives the illusion of better but, more natural. Now here's the interesting part. I never actually heard dynamics in a tweeter. I always assumed - how much air movement could there be to cause "dynamics" in a tweeter. Apparently I was very wrong. There was actual punch to the treble. Something I have never heard. Separation and kick.
So in short, I would use the solens in a punchier tweeter. Like a ribbon or 3/4" metal dome. And the Clarity caps just take it up a level or two if used on silk domes. I will try them on some metal dome tweeters next month.
charles
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Glad you liked it. ESA has the same construction and materials as SA, but with a more precisely controlled winding technique and several other treatments to reduce self-propagated microphonics. It is an advancement over SA and is in the sweet spot of performance/value.
Regards,
Dave
ClarityCap North America OEM Sales
I don't know weather to thank you or shack my fist at you. NOWWWWW I have to change out ALL my caps to Clarity. Oh boy - now what's the wife gonna say???
But again - thanks. That really is one fine capacitor.
charles
II did the same a few years ago, with SEAS 27TBFC/G alloy dome tweeters. I had long used Solens but tried Clarity Cap SAs (now discontinued) and never went back.
I bought a bunch of SAs when Madisound closed them out.
I picked up quite a number of ClarityCap SA 0.33uf/630v caps, when Madisound had that sale awhile back.
A little over two buck each, I'm pretty sure?
I've been using them as coupling caps, in home built tube amplifiers.
They do a NICE job, and I certainly cannot complain about the price!!
Steve
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for $16 each - a great buy.
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